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title: "date:now — Current timestamp"
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# date:now — Current timestamp

DATE:NOW returns the timestamp for the current date and time. The timestamp may optionally include micro seconds in the fractional part.

Timestamps are based on Unix time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight proleptic Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Result variable name |
| micro | bool |  | Include micro seconds |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var; type: int|float

### Examples

```xml
<output>
	<date:now/>
</output>
```